Kinoise PH

01/03/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗡𝗔 𝗕𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗪𝗢? 🎬✨

Celebrate Women’s Month with us sa 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗲, 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗸𝘀𝘆𝗼𝗻! 𝗩𝗼𝗹 𝗜𝗜. A weekend dedicated to the power, vision, and stories of the female gaze in Philippine Cinema.

Sama-sama tayong mamangha sa mga short films na aming inihanda at humanap ng inspirasyon sa ating hands-on workshops. Dito natin sisimulan ang mga bagong kwento.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲.

🗓 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟮𝟭-𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🕘 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 - 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
📍 Digitank Studios

🎟️ 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦:
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 (₱𝟯𝟱𝟬): Full access to all sessions and screenings for one (1) day.
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 (₱𝟮𝟱𝟬): Discounted one-day access (Valid Student ID required).
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 (₱𝟱𝟬𝟬): Complete 2-day experience at a student-friendly rate (Valid Student ID required).
𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 (₱𝟳𝟬𝟬): All-access 2-day pass for professionals and film enthusiasts.

🔥 𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬! Secure your spot now:
🎟 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: tinyurl.com/4cckspbb

𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:
🤝 Digitank Studios | Cinema Reverie Movie Club

Poster by: Riann Limcangco

Stay tuned and watch out for more details! I-tag na ang film buddy mong laging "Aksyon!" ang mindset. 👇

27/02/2026

Happening tomorrow!

Gangsterism{s} situates contemporary Philippine cinema within the aftermath of the September 21, 2025 anti-corruption protests, when the state’s response—warrantless arrests, revived sedition charges, and police panic—laid bare a deep anxiety within the ruling classes. Whether read as a descent into authoritarianism or as fear provoked by the disruptive force of the lumpenproletariat, the moment reveals a bourgeois imagination shaken by the sudden visibility of those long excluded from its illusions of order and “development.” The films in this program emerge from that rupture, confronting how power, surveillance, and violence reorganize both the streets and the image.

Through Gio Lingao’s How He Died is Not Controversial, Carlo Cielo’s Baha, and Isiah Medina’s Gangsterism, the program traces a cinema that thinks under pressure: cameras pursued, footage salvaged, and images cut against the demand for permission and control. These works refuse neat political legibility, instead exposing contradiction as form—where disorder becomes a historical force and filmmaking itself mirrors the struggle to exist under bourgeois scrutiny. As cinema and the streets echo one another in unsettling the present order, Gangsterism{s} invites audiences to witness, reflect, and engage with these urgent works. Join us for the screening and encounter a cinema that confronts power at the moment it begins to tremble.

UPFI FILM CENTER
February 2026

GANGSTERISM(S)
February 28 (Saturday) | 3:00 PM

VENUE: Videotheque
ADMISSION:
Php 200 (Regular)
Php 150 (senior, student, pwd, gov’t employees)

12/02/2026

Gangsterism{s} program was launched last saturday, February 7, at Ili-Likha Artist's Wateringhole.

It will be screened again in the following venues:

February 15 - 7:00pm
The Green House Cinema, Davao
Admission: 200 (Regular); 150 (Students/PWD/Senior)

February 25
Lawak Sinehan, UP Cebu
Free Admission

February 28 - 3:00pm
UPFI Film Center Videotheque
Admission: 200 (Regular); 150 (Students/PWD/Senior)

12/02/2026

Check out what our friends at Pampanga are doing!

09/12/2025

Rising Waters, Raising Rights — Philippine Launch at UPFI Videotheque
December 10, 2025 | 2:00 PM
UPFI Videotheque, UP Film Center

We officially kick off the Philippine edition of Rising Waters, Raising Rights: Human Rights Through the Lens of Water with a launch screening and opening conversation on cinema, water, and human rights.

Curated by Eunice Helera, the Philippine edition brings together films that explore climate precarity, q***r becoming, coastal labor, memory, and community resistance — all through the symbolic and material power of water.

This launch is co-organized with Film Workers Against Corruption and Elevated Frames PH, in partnership with Kinoise PH and Laya Coffee Diliman, with UPFI Film Center as our venue partner.

Online screenings will run from December 10–20, 2025 via Cinemata.

More physical and community-based screenings across the Philippines will be announced soon — stay tuned.

24/11/2025

Again, happening on Wednesday! Don't miss it!

21/11/2025

Happening next Wednesday, come through and support student initiatives!

📣 𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚 𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗚!

𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞: Finally after the long wait, we at SINAG Student Initiative open our doors for the pre-registration of our event, "𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬."

Our event features three short films, each followed by a talk-back session and open-floor dialogue to shed light on the experiences of migrant workers and the importance of their labor rights.

In the following days, SINAG will unveil its line of speakers, special guests, and boothsfilled with heartfelt stories, creative activities, and meaningful takeaways.

Students and atendees alike are encouraged to enter the venue at an earlier time to interact with all the booths— and who knowa, a balikbayan box might be waiting at the end for you to be redeemed 📦👀

📌 Here are the details you should remember:

Venue: FEU - Manila, ABB 500

☀️ AM Session: 10:00 - 1:00 PM
🌥️ PM Session: 2:00 - 5:00 PM

📝 Pre-registration link:

🔗 https://forms.gle/be9CbtoHYRk4PmKT9
🔗 https://forms.gle/be9CbtoHYRk4PmKT9
🔗 https://forms.gle/be9CbtoHYRk4PmKT9

✨ Join us as we we unbox and amplify stories, one balikbayan box at a time.





Pubmat & Caption by: Nichola Gayle

21/11/2025

Happening this Sunday!

13/11/2025

Congrats to our very own FJ and Javi !

Pens Ready! Here Are Our 3rd Batch of Critics Lab Participants.

The QCinema Critics Lab, now in its third year, is a five-day intensive program that nurtures emerging film critics from across the Philippines. Led by FIPRESCI member and four-time Golden Globe voter Jason Tan Liwag, with support from critic and former FAMAS jury member Emil Hofileña, the Lab offers participants the chance to watch and review films, interview filmmakers, and engage with established critics, editors, and media professionals. Participants gain full press access to QCinema and produce reviews, festival reports, podcasts, and video essays.

This year’s participants are:

A.L. Sarino – Taguig-based writer exploring identity and community through poetry and film reviews;

Athena Venus – Aspiring critic from Rizal focused on women and contemporary society;

Benj Gabun Sumabat – Trilingual non-binary poet and essayist from Cagayan Valley and Ifugao, exploring q***r, disability, and regional narratives;

FJ Calvario – UP Cinema alumnus blending geography and cinema in his criticism;

Javi Villaluz – Student filmmaker from Quezon City examining interiority and storytelling through film;

Jia Enad – Cebuana writer probing girlhood, history, and regional life;

Kiana Flores – Freelance writer and marketing strategist exploring identity, culture, and community;

Lebron Ponce – Writer and director from Ormoc City reflecting on memory, regional cinema, and social realities.

The QCinema Critics Lab is part of the 13th QCinema International Film Festival, taking place November 12–17, 2025, supported by The Millas Hostel and Cafe, Sine Pop, Ultradogme, and Everything’s Fine.

06/11/2025

Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus is not the typical bayani biopic, blending documentary with historical fiction. The result is a love letter to the hero of the Katipunan that channels her revolutionary spirit in all kinds of ways.

Lakambini is now showing in cinemas. Go catch it on the big screen and at QCinema this year!

30/10/2025

As we head into another year of the QCinema International Film Festival, let's look back at the previous edition and its myriad of contrasting gazes.Last yea...

27/10/2025

hey you 🫵 couch potato 👀

have a 2-riffic time with us at for CINEMA2COUCH ‼️ a trip to the movies 🎞🎟 from the comfort of your own couch 🛋🤙

fea2ring short films by
Sublime
Manuel Tinio
JT Trinidad
Daphnee Ferrer
Gerard Bernardo
and Serene

from great drinks 2 great company, CINEMA2COUCH has everything! don't miss out on this celebration of Couch Club's 2nd anniversary ☕️📽😎

poster by Renée Frizca